11-pt screen fonts
26-Nov-88 06:18:52
Sb: #6881-11-pt screen fonts
Fm: Scott R. Leyes 71041,121
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
Inside Macintosh Vol.5 mentions that the largest practical size for a
screen font in the 128K ROMS (Mac Plus) is 127 pt.; and that the Mac II ROM
limits the largest practical size to "about 255 points". I don't know where
the Mac SE fits in (256K ROM, but not a Mac II)?
Suitcase II (by Steve Brecher, released by Fifth Generation) has its own
screen font compression scheme, which I just used and cut total disk space
by 30%! (from 6 megs to 4 megs.) In fact, Suitcase has long been a product
that corrects problems/enhances features that should be standard parts of
the operating system in the first place. I always list it as one of the
first pieces of software any of my clients should buy.